i heart you, heath...

i was on my way to the banyo this morning, barely awake, and passed dad on the computer...

dad: do you know that heath is dead?
me:  ha?  who?
dad:  an bayot ngani...  an cowboy... (the gay guy... the cowboy...)
me:  heath ledger???!!! he's not bayot!!!  i like him! 
(sad, sad face follows...)

seriously, i loved heath in "10 things i hate about you."  i loved him in both "the patriot" and "a knight's tale."  and i really, really committed myself to him after "brokeback mountain."

his death sucks big time.  i can't believe it more when they say that he committed suicide... 


CNN article
NY Times
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opening a window

What Your Soul Really Looks Like

You are quite expressive and thoughtful. You see the world in a way that others are blind to. You are a grounded person, but you also leave room for imagination and dreams. Your feet may be on the ground, but your head is in the clouds. You see yourself with pretty objective eyes. How you view yourself is almost exactly how other people view you. Your near future is likely to be filled with great successes and accomplishments. You just need to figure out how to get there. For you, falling in love is all about the adventure and uncertainty. You can only fall in love with someone who keeps you guessing.

Inside the Room of Your Soul

wild thing

Your Theme Song is Born to Be Wild by Steppenwolf

"I like smoke and lightning Heavy metal thunder Racin' with the wind And the feelin' that I'm under" A total independent spirit, you can't be held down or fenced in. You crave the feeling of wind on your face... and total freedom.

What's Your Theme Song?

still a hot momma!

You Are Very Sexy

Damn! You are one hot number. You have a lot of sex appeal. You know you're sexy, and you're not afraid to put it all out there. And while you're very appealing, you're careful not to be trashy or over the top. Sexy is all about attitude. And you totally have the attitude that people love. How You Are Sexy You know what (or who) you want, and you're not afraid to go get it. What could be sexier than that? You accept your body as it is, and that's sexy. If you feel attractive, you are more attractive - no matter what your shape is. You feel gorgeous, and you always try to look your best. You make the best of what you've got. Totally sexy! You are open to all sorts of experiences, and you have a taste for the exotic. Your adventurous spirit is very sexy.

Are You Sexy?

brains manero can't eat

You Are a Total Brainiac

You're amazingly brilliant. Some would even say genius. You're curious, thoughtful, analytical, and confident. You take on difficult subjects because you want to... not because you have to. No field of knowledge is too complicated or intimidating for you. You've got the brains to do anything you want. It's possible you end up doing everything you want.

Are You a Brainiac?

vile, evil, devil.

You Are 74% Evil

You are very evil. And you're too evil to care. Those who love you probably also fear you. A lot.

How Evil Are You?

getting addicted to these blogthings!!! mwehehehehe...

10% of UP@100

happy centennial to all UP people out there!!!

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haaaay... UP memories...

kalayaan residence hall, 1994-1995:  hello to the girls of boy's annex!!!  rhea crisologo hernando, my roommate in BA32, is still a textmate even if we haven't seen each other in years!  and of course, to the kalayaan residence hall house council... liway arce, chairperson.  ako?  chair ng academic committee, no thanks to roentgen bronce... :)

molave residence hall, 1995-1998:  room 225 was the best, especially on those days & nights when i was there. (hehehe...)  grace lapena, karen rodolfo, jovy candado, jeena marquez... you made 225 home for me. (trivia:  when facing molave from across the street, look to the 2nd floor of the girls wing.  count 5 rooms from the left & 5 rooms from the right.  225 is the middle-est room.  just in front of the 2f girl's bathroom.)

my BA barkada:  paolo cortez, jenny evangelista, tanya saret, arnie buenaventura, lyne arnaldo-vega, hope jamero, jazz estacio, tonette badillo-ordona, mackie sanchez, mike bayot, edwin cleofe.  we really made the most out of our stay in the ugliest building on campus!!! (mary rose loria, kasama ka dito!)

Block D4, CBA 1994-1995
Business English class, summer 1996
Comm2 class, 2nd sem 94-95:  we had fun in subic with the aetas!

JFAers, 1995-1998:  genmeets, hell weeks, FPs, carolfest, inuman, cards, uno stacko, darts, inuman uli, my first porn viewing... hehehe. 

UP Sidlangan, 1995-1998:  waray makaka-pirde ha mga waray...  too bad i was busy with my lovelife that i wasn't able to make tambay too much... jet urmeneta, daryl delgado, bubbles aniceto, mandy aumento, kim enage, ruby ramos, dennis delgado, john palami, didits palami, ayne rile, tina arinto!!! (damo pa. as in damo pa...)

UPLaw 2004E: 
my gfs forever... arlene roura, mich gayondato. 
i was one of the boys... jolette fajardo, jard arbolado, henry kanapi, lan bulalacao, alvin navarro, malen manait. 
kikay din tayo... lumen perey-balboa, din bandon, pam abalos, debby sy.  ma'am melendres, na college sec ko when i graduated from college & classmate ko pala sa law. 
i will never forget how the whole class defended me from the evil cheapskate  CPA-from-hell-who-was-too-bobo-for-UP-law-naman-pala... hahaha :)

UPLaw 2005E:
yosi & coffee partners... pearl conde, mia mujer, namqui, joan de venecia (kahit hindi ka E. hehehe), chamaine enerva, rollyn malig, mars arias (hindi ka rin E!), kay & tina balajadia
overnighters... joey tapia, mia (uli), lyne (uli), rollyn (uli)
hosts-of-the-mostest... kris ablan (bow ako sa yo!), jamieson chua
drinking tequila on the steps of malcolm hall during our last malcolm night was THE capping off of my law school adventures.  kakaiba... julie vega, if only you were alive

sa mga E people:  you are always in my heart.

Bar 2005:  nicky balajadia & rollyn malig, those were the best of times, those were the worst of times.  (pero masarap talaga magluto ang mga taga-pampanga. hehehe.)

~ ~ ~

ang tagaaaal ko sa UP. 

4 years + 5 years + 1 year (na kahit LOA, pumupunta pa rin ako) = 10 years
and until now, i am constantly in UP.  mura kasi magpa-xerox sa SC.  convenient bumili sa coop.  kelangan ko mag-tapsilog fix sa rodic's time & again.  masarap mag-barbecue sa beach house.  someday makakapag-yosi din ako uli sa first floor chockiss, kahit patuloy akong nakakatambay sa aircon portion ng 2f chockiss.  kain tayo sa mang jimmy's.  sayang nawawala na si mommy thai... sana hindi na ako bawal mag-isaw!

marami akong pinagdaanan sa UP na alam kong hindi na-experience ng karamihan sa mga kaibigan ko.  perks of being an adventurous, pasaway dormer in college (buti nalang bisaya si roboguard!).  syempre, hindi ko pwede ikwento dito.  pag magkita nalang tayo, pwede pa siguro.

natutuwa naman akong isipin na sa sentenaryo ng UP, i basked in the glory of 10 years of those 100 years.  aba, 10% din yun. :)

happy centennial uli. :)

guarding the congress gates

i have previously written about the congress bombing which happened last november, and i know that 50% of the blame should really go to the lack or absence of proper security measures being implemented at the gates of congress.

as part of their "adjustments" after the bombing, the house security issued a memo informing all secretariat officials and employees that we had to 'register' our cars/vehicles with their bureau, and we in turn would be issued vehicle security passes.  so we filled out the forms, submitted our car registration papers, with proof of ownership if the car isn't registered in your name. 

and they, indeed, issued us these vehicle security stickers, which we had to stick onto the lower right hand portion of our car windshield (passenger side).  i, for one, do not prefer sticking anything on my windshield... but for this, i felt i had to comply, thinking that it would somehow help the guards or the PNP to  identify the vehicles as we pass through the gates.

lo and behold, the stickers don't mean anything.  they don't even mean sh*t.  despite the presence of a security pass, ALL vehicles go through the same procedure for security check:  a policeman opens the hood and peers into the car engine, goes to the back of the car and peers through the trunk, and then goes by the driver's side and asks where the driver/passenger is going.  if you have a congress id, your car is allowed to pass through.  if you're riding a cab or are just in the complex to visit or attend a meeting, you will be asked to leave an ID and you will be issued a gate pass.  this procedure applies to all vehicles which pass through the north gate --- vehicles of secretariat officials & employees, congressional staff, and guests.  (since the bombing, only congressmen's vehicles are allowed to pass through the main/south gate.)

the stickers are useless.  and again, the superficiality of the "new" security measures being implemented around the complex are hounding me.  if all vehicles have to go through the same security check, why print out and distribute those security stickers in the first place?  and does "peering" through the car engine and trunk, without touching anything else really help? 

i wonder how much in kickbacks did they receive when they had those useless stickers printed.  rush.  after all, one unit of a local Avaya telephone which we use here in the Mitra Building appears to cost PhP 31,500.  EACH. 

i wish i hadn't stuck that stupid "security" sticker on my windshield.  bugger.